Ufos Untold Story

tude.ShepeDlIIIIIe1reponed theobjedaMIcPlras2GOftand saidthatasUIeiDtere:eptors appl'llllc:bedUIelIIbtswent out.AfterUIeIDterceptorsbad UIeJllbtscameon apID.ODebaurafter'Ule F-IOl1sretumedtobue.ItIis- sUeslte..-Jreportedtbe objec:tinc:reUedtoabIIb speed.raisedIIIalUtudeand couldDOlbe~from "Jhave.api_admy_ cemtoSAPOJ[Air.ForceIn- formatiaDOIIIcelthatwe up-'withapzo- paRd toqueriesfrom thep~topreWltoverreac:- tioIIbytbepublic:toreportsby themediadialmaybeblown. outofpnpaniDD.Todateer-, fortsbyAirGuanSbelicllpters, SAC[Stratellc:AirCommllild]I bellc:opteiSandNORAD F-lf16sbavefailedtoprocIuc:e positivelD." Operaua.e-.].RelIable mWaary..........at1.ortIlI AFB[AirForceBue].Maille, WIllUlDitbAB.Michipn. MalmstromAB.[MoDwIa]. MJaotAFB.[NorthDakota]. and<:uadiuForcesSCatkla, FaIcaDbrtdp,Ontario.Cana- da,baveYiSuaUy........ piciousotIjec:Is. "ObjectsatLoJ1IICand Wunsmlthwwecharacterlzed tobebellcopters.MIuUesile peI'SOIIDll1.securityaJert leamSandAirDef_pe.- DelatMaImstraalMaataaare- portedobjectwbJchswnded likeaJetatn:raft.FAAad- vised'11IerewwelIDjetair- craftillUIevic:iDlty.'Malm- stroInsearebandbeiPtfinder radarsc:aniedtheobject.. t_1.0lIlIftand15,100ftata speed ofseveaknots... F- IICrambIeclfromMalm- stromc:ouk1DOlmalrec:ontaet duetodarknessandlowaltI- D.F.O.FILES:THE UNTOLDSTORY Thoughofficialshavelongdeniedthattheytake'flying saucers'seriously,declassifieddocumentsnowrevealI extensiveGovernment~ncem.ov~thep~enomeno~, ByPatricIrHaRlae Potric:lrHuy,heisQfree/_ wrilerinNewYora. AmeUll/ic:-U1tediM.reportedCOlIaNIloNreclove,.SGncoAna,CGJifin1865._liteSubjeclof Sighti",ON"0,.,..:OMof ,hebalphotCl8nrplUc:records. TbeDe'-Department messagebearsthec:1as&lfic:a-. tlClnCONFIDENTIAL."Sub- ject:SuspiciousUnIlnownAir Ae:tlvlty."DatedNov.11.1975, "Siuc:e28OCt7SDIIIIIeI'OUS reportsofsuspiciousobjee:ts havebeeJIreceivedatthe NORADcae(NorthAmeri- canAirDefenseCombat evenr'tothesurveillanceof sever.'rivateU.F.O.orpni- za~...;tasmanyoftheir -aaersbafttone1IIslsted) andtotbeKl'Utlnyofdozensof lIIdIVIduaIs_pectedofsub- versiveU.F.O.activities. PerbapsmostleWnaorall. theGovemmeDtdocuments011 U.F.O"srewaIdlatdespite officialdeDlaIstothecontrary. Federalqendescontlllueto maaitortbepbeaomenonto 'Ibe_taltaskof lIMUtbiD8the_tbatchof' recordsOIlU.F.O.sfromabu- naucracytbatbaaforyears deniedtbeirIIIdstencecanbe traelldtotbeeffortsofahand- fuloftIIquIsltlftiAdlviduais wbo.armedwiththeFreedom ofIDfonDatloaAct.setoffIII tbemicl-7O'sGIlpapercbase ofU.s.GovenimeDtdocu- meauOIlU.P.O....TIley111- dude~S.Maccabee.a SiI"..Spdaa.Melpbysicilt workitlIfartheNavy.wtaobas IIIIUIIIpdtoobtaiD&bereIeue ofmoretIIaIl...papsof ........ettU.F.O"sfnIm theF.B.I.;'fl.Todd~Iof PrairiecIusac:.'fl;Robert ToddofAntIDant.Pa.:Larry 'fl.Bf71IIlofArtiDpIa,V; andBradC.SPJrbSNdeDt IIIastropbysic:aatBerkeley we-five.yeupanultofthe C.IA'sU.F.O.ftleeventually providedtilefoUndationfora JI'OlIIICI-bNaIFreedomof InformatiGlllaWSUItfiledby GroundSaucerWatch (0.5.91.).anArlaana-baled U.F.O.QI'PIIIDdGIl. At!be~tofO.s.W.di. rectIDr'WIDIamR.SpauJd1D&. Pta!'Gemen.aD.uomeyIII !heNewYorkfirmofRoth- blatt.Ratbblatt"5eIJas.filed dvtlacdGll.plnstthe C.IAIIIDecember1mde- IIWIIIID8allU.F.O.recordsIII theapncy's~GIl.The suit-..eeltobawe.cllieved itscoal_'-latelastyear!he apncyreIeued.boul400 cIoc:unwnts-_rIy100paps of_.reportsandc0rre- spondencetbatattestto!he qency'stoaaIllva1_tIII U.F.O.matlers.Buttilecivil .cticmbasDOt_itsfinal dayIIICOlIn ByGersten's.ccount.the apncybasar1lltrarUywilli- belddoclments.madedele- tionswitlDlt.....t.andfailed to-.ductaproper..an:hfor U.F.O.materl.ls.Thea,... CY'.current.ctions.beA)'S. perpetuateIts3O-yearpolicyof deliberatedeceptlGllanddis- boneItyaboutU.F.O.'s. "Whatbaabeenreleasedto\IS seemstohave~rather carefullyseJected,"saysGer- sten."Wesuspectdlalthe apncyIsWitbboldiJII.tleast 200moredoc:umeI'Itsdiantile 57theyhaftadmittedtheyare keepill&fromustoprotectin- tellieenc rces."Vietor Marchetti.aformerexecutive jectofU.F.O....bave~ overtileputfewyeuswil.lJ tilereleaseoftoaawitbheld ~t.-'CIsobtaiDed tIlrouPtheFreadomofIIdOI'- _tiaaAct.Tbllupu-e papanfallto~vethe U.F.O.eaJama.tbeydo aptodispelmaaypapuIar_ tiaasabouttileU.F.O._ wny.as_Iias~vesub- to.DUIIIberofotbers. Officialrecords_avail- ableappeartoputto~t doubtsthattileGoYenuDeat kaew aboutU.F.O"s tlIanItbaaclaimed_tile putIIEPRmthestart. Itbaa_--..-cstbat apIaJnedIIIt8nIISofIIIIsk*I- t1fiadbaUoaas.cloudforma- tiGIlS,~.....liFtIIiII&. ...-rsMIllItba'IIaIIIral ButthapapersalsosMw tbattheGoYwDmentremaIIII perpIaeclabouttileaaaIIII ~of-.plaiMdU.F.O. iiIbtiDP.wbic:hamotIDtto. ~.8per-.tofall U.F.O.llfPdaIpnpaned.Do -.uy?AN&bey!'*.~ 1IY-IocIIIIIII--faranair banle50YIet...-tE_ dle,.sIlIIIicytbatdleae_ ....c:auIdlieevldeaceof ......~Ilsltadans baa...at-au_ tIoaIIIGowi-.circ:IeI. .WbIIeofftclal......III U.F.O.sbastonebeenthoupt toliestric:dythe_ofthe AirForce.thebulkofwhole ~basbamopentopu~ licviewfor_Iydecade. thencIDCIyrei....papers GIlU.F.O"sIDcIica&e0Cber- wise.TIleI)epaJ1rDetsofthe AnIIY.Navy.StateandDe- r-.andtheDef_JDteJU- pnceApDcy.theN.tloaaI 5ecurItyAacw:Y.theJoiDt ChIefsofStatl.theF.B.Itbe C.IAandeventbeAtomIc EnerJ:yCommissionprodUC*l ManyofU-1pDCIeIstili do.andmanyoftheird0cu- mentsremainc1....fIed.But itIstheC.IAtbatappearsto haftplayed!bekeyrolellltbe ~.andmay_lIe ........b1efortbeGovern- ment'SCOIIductInU.F.O.in- _tipta.tiIrclu&hOUttbe U.F.O".haftbeentbeprov- InceoftbeDation'sIIIlelli aenceClIIIImunltyeversince the........i...ofthecold_r. wbenthenodontookbolddlat somenylnasaucersmlllltac- tuallyrepresentsecret.tech- noloItcallyadVlllCed.lorelp weaponssystem."Everytime wewerec:oncerDed."recalls Herbert5coYilieJrformer clliefoftheC.IA.'sOfficeof SCientificlntelllpnce."itwas becalllewewantedtoknow: DidtheR\ISIlansdoIt?" As!hecoldw.rcaveriseto tbefearsoftheMcCanllyera. N_cWIy.... :epctileJatDtCbiefsofStaff "formedofu-eIncursIaaa .yU.F.O.,IIItilefallof1m. :~prl..rtlUft1oftilen. .:IIHIDteI1ipDc:eApI1I:yand '\eNaUoaaI5acurltyApncy wellasIIaDclfuIofOlber _tdeslcsrecetved opl.oftheNau-JMWeary :ommudc.rennponsGIl .lelncIdIats.ODenponaid latan~object deliiiiMtaaleddeariDleIIt hOUIhAil'Force-.Is ',_thattheC.IA IIlltI- ed."...U_oft'-e .netratiGllsovernuclearmls- .IeandboIIIbar.....the ~baa~ad&edonJy ()IeIUl9lDCldfteatiGll.Sable- _tlDYestIp~bytileAil' ;-celIItDtbe8fIbtiDp.tLor- "';Ail'ForceBue.MaIae, herethenmarlrableMrie. :'!_ts....aa.cIIdDOtrewaI calliefortlleallhUnp. Delplteofftcia1..-- entsfordKadeIdlat F.O".wereIICIItblna_re anmisJdeftUftedaerial ':tsandassuchwereno usefor.larm.~y_ .dSlftedU.F.O...-.cIIlrom ..C.IA.theF.B.I.andother odera1epndeIIDdtcate at......1inceU.F.O'"made ~r.ppearaac:einourIkIes tileINrs.the...-- 's~mucll~be- 'ialdrdel.Detailsoftilein- IIlpace_unity',pro. _tydI tor,al-'with: seCretweapoiW.HI~.. Gersten.~.":entireexercise,reassuranceswereab',... Man:llettl~ote..-tlyIn athatthisWasllOtsO....... mqazineartlde."hastheBytheendofthesummer, _earomaofthealeney'stheF.B.I.bad"failedtore- messyeffortstohidevealanyIndicationofI\&bver. itsInvolvementIIIdnIpandsiveindividualsbeln&InvoJved mlnd-control operations,bothIIIanyofthereportedsilbt- primeexamplesof asuc:ceA-Inp."ARESTRICTEDArmy fullntelliaencecover-up."letterthatfOUlldItswayto oHoover'.desIr.saidthatthebu- reau'sservicesactuallybad 'lbefirstsl&htlnatobeI..beenenlistedtoreIlevetheAir beleda"Oylnlsaucer"bytheForces"ofthetaskoftrae:ItiIlI pressoccurredonJune:U.downallthemanyInstances 1147.whenanIdahobUsl.-.wlllchturnedout to beubcan manOyllllIllsplanenearcovers.toiletseatsandwbat MountRainierObserved~not."Inc:ensed,HooverIIIOYed disc-sbapedobjectsmaquicklytodisQant1nuethebu- unclu1atinl motions"areau'.U.F.0.investlpuaas. saucersItlppin&over_ter."InSeptemberofthatyear, AsearlyasWorldWarII,theeommandinlGeneralof Alliedbomberpilotsbadtoldthe'"---'_ of"ballsofIi-ht"that101-Army...r...wee._a letterfromtheArmyChiefof lowedtheirOI&htsoverJapanStaffIJeut.Gen.NathanF. andGermany.AU.S.Ei&hthTwIl1ina,-YIn&that''thepile- ArmyInvestiptionconcIU/1ednomenonreponedIsof _ thattheyweretheproduct01tllinlrealandnotvisionaryor "masshallucination."fictitious,"thattheobjectsapo T1IelIeandotherincidentspeareclto bedlsc4haped."as werereportedIn a 1973bookbyIaraeasman-madealrUaft," DavidMicbaelJACllM.''Theand"controlledeither_ UFOControversyinAmer-ally,automaticallyorremote- Ica."whlchWitilthe..-tre-Iy."AtTwlnin&.~, leaseofGovernmentdocu-project"Sip"_....... ments_the_tcompre-Jiahed."," ~ve..-.slrUCtiClnofthe" 111"failedtofiDdaDYevl- Government'.U.F.O.Involve-dencethattheobjectswere When5candinavlansre-'.etsecretweapollS..... _-'d._..-.....bj.fore1011&submittedanWlOffl- .....-aar--~0ectsIIIIcial"EstimateoftheSlcua. llM6,U.S.Armylll it""IiredTOPSE- .uspectedthattheRussIanSI.on.eass baddevelopedasecret_poaCRET.wbidIIndicatedthat WlththehelPofGermansclen-1U.F.O.'swereofiDterplaDe- listsfromPeenemiinde.Thetaryorip.The~te C.I.A.,thenknowDasthecen-:nentuallyreachedAirForce tralIntelllaenceGrwp...!ChiefofStaffGeD.Hoyts. lis1Vendenbera.whorejectedIt cretlybe&anIuleplll&taon)forlackofproof...Sip...In- thesubject... Wt.ItheUIlIcMwnobjec:ta.conclusivefinalreportre- returnedtothesides,thi.time:mainedc:IuslfiedfartheIIIIllt overtheUnitedStatesInthe!12years. summerof1147.theArmyAirIAfter"Si&II."theAirForce setOUttodetermIDe"continuedtocollectU.F.O. whattheobjectswere.Witllin:dataIIIIderthecocIeDUDe _Its.BriJ.Gen.GeorpF.i"Grudae."1blsSIxmonth ofArmyAirCorpsIprajectfOWldnoevideIlc:eof Intelliaencerequestedthe:forelpscientificcIeve10pment F.B.L.assi.tance"InIocat-'andthereforenodirectthreat ingandquestioniJ1&theIndi.tonatloaalsecurity.Itdid, vldualsWhoftrstsiptedthe.however,.tressthatthere- so-calledO)'i1la discs......Un-.portedsiptinpcouldbe dan- doubtedlyswayedbyOarina;geraus."Thereareindications tensions,Schulaen!thattheplannedreleaseofre- . fearedthat..thefirstreponed: lacedpsycholo&lcaIprope- si&htinpml&htbavebeenby;gandawouldcauseaformof individualsof CommWlist'masshysteria,..thereport sympathieswiththeviewtoI'stated."Employmentofthese caustnahysteriaandfearof.Imethodsby oraplnstan secretRussianweapoa."J.enemywouldyieldsimilarre- Jid&arHooveraareecltocoop-Isuitsaovemmenwqen- eratebutinsisted\batthebu-:ciesInterestedInpsycho1OCi- reaubave"fullaccesstodiscsIcal_rfareshouldbein- recovered."formedoftheresultsofthis TheAirForce'sbehind-the-Istudy." scenesillterestcontrastedI"pressreleasefollowingthe sharplywithitspublicstanceIterminationof"Grud&e"aI. tbattheobjectswereproductslowedthepublictobelievethat ofmisidentificationsandaDtheAirForcewas110Jon&erill- lmaalnativepopulace.A...terestedinU.F.O.'s.Butthe curltylidwasimposedontheAIrForcecontilluedtocollect subjectIIIJulyJ947.hidingareportsthrouahnormallntelll. potentially"embarrassinlgencec:hanneIsWltiladra- situatiOll"thef011owln81maticsightlnlof aU.F.O.at month.whenboththeAirtheArmySignalCorpsradar ForceandtheF.B.J.beganIcenterillFortMonmouth suspectinatheymi&hteetu-!N.J In1951ledtothereac:i TIIe.-.Hie....met,,;;iDurdays..... niII&JM.14.1\153.CIIaInd"'Dr.H.P.Raben- 100,uexpertIDphysk:aand-JlOMsys- lems.tbepuel-.ntia1ly-..-..tbeaden- tlfle...ofapprovalonpnIIcluIyeItabUabId officialpolleyrepnIlqU.F.O.'.TIlecIiItID- l'IisbedpaneJiltsfeltthatalltbeIt&htlnp couldbeIdeDlIfiedoncealltbedata_reavail. ablefOr'aproperevaluallon-IDoilierwords. 'lile"'s~: ..~'beyoodthe"::!'.'01PJ-t "bow!edaeat.plijIIcaIIei- ;~."Neltberd......pueI-~. lItsfindU.F.O.'.IO.adiNCtt 1hreat10DadonaI'leCUrity, lbaulb1bey....eY8d....tIbe ftIwM.of'U.F.o..nportI 'ODUIdcIocIDWtaiJInIeIU- ..........Pr'lclPltate puic.andJeM per-:' .....10lporeftIel1Ddlea-' of_tileacIIaD.TIle ......wwrIedabaIItSoYIet J!lulpuiallonattht!,....... .~:..;Ibattbe.reJ!D'U'could ")tbaketbepublicwIDenble10 ':'!",poaIbie_y.~ ealwartare""'I1Ie~""", . -.eluded,_lbe.... P thataI,tb'" U.P.O.'.mfIbtto~ propriefeIICIiaaa...'"Ibe .AIDerk:anpublic:,tIiIii'.....iItS' decidedthata"broIIdedUca- pnl8r&miIIteIRtIDIef. c:Ies"mustbeUDlIertaIIea. They8lIUChttostripU.P.O.'. oftbaIr.....ofmyIlery" throuchthIIJII'ClII'UIIat ''tI'aiaInIand'dIbuRIdn&.''' 1118pr'ClIJ'amwwId.-ItIn tbe"proper......dODof -uyWlIIDiIIaled0b- jects"andIDa''redIIdianin pubUelilt...-InOfIyb1a_ CII'I....1be........reclOIIl- meMedthattbalrmaaD*IIa propamhaft..IIIadvIMn .~1tIfamiliarwith Incaperts.wblIeWaltDiIney IDe.anlmaled~and IUCh.--utielArthur GodfreywwIdlIIIJI'i11tbe educatiolllliCtve..To.1Mure completec:ootroI...tbe IltuadOD,tbe oftIIeIrpoteIIIIaIly..-atIIIfla.~W TIle....,....blI.P[d.l1Itllty.,'.... andtbepaaIbIe_atIUCb,: Wbetheru.eprlIpI-aIswere~'. adedupon.tilec.u..W111_0!lL; .y.Buttbenport_c:irc-~lcJ...." lated-eIbetap......at tileAIrTecImIca1lMa1U&ece. '. ' Ceater.IbeC.UIIoardof-::. Natiollll1EatIaaa(atwlaicb~: IIoovw-.amemIIer).tbeit." C.JA.bureaucb-.dlesec.$~., retaayof~diecbaIr-~-:, -oftbeNatiolllll5ecurIty~t.. Jt-.rceIBoard.udIbeeli-.,' nctoroftbeP.......ChoUDe-. '-AdmiaIIatra....wIlD';,. live10_twithc.u.."'fi-E' c1aillal~till""hme..t;.~ tbeappropriateaspectaofthe"',' Panel'sReponas'QIPUcabie;.:' CivilDefense.".>,. na.Government'.eftortsin tbeSO'.lUld.'s10aque1ch .......a.'"!11tIlIUCIIeddiefiller or-.....iiIaaaUyprotecIed free..-c:h-AccarcIIIIctoau- tborDavid~I~.In IJ53dieAIr~..-- LookIatopublilblalc cttscl&IInIucIIoullUl.... tIcIeby"'nMlMaJ.DImaIclE. ICeyboeeadtJedNJl1yiDaSau- cersFrga~Spece."Thc. apill,In1lI8S.dieArmy-IDa . prepublicationI'eIew deDIedclea.-IoraU.F.O.. n1ar.dUdcIeby_oflis em..,...LarryW.Bryuat. ac.e:IDdcaIedItDr.1IIlWbeIiDOk tbeI-.toClllllrt.I M.-bile,theC.IAlind theF.B.I.proceeded.-tIDelY Inthe8UI'VeI1Iuxe01U.F.O. OI'I.n'ptianaandU.F.O.en- tbusias&s.~witbU.F.O. iIIter'eslIwerec:IallcUdoutby theF.B.I.atthe......ofthe C.IA,tbeAIrForce.orpri- vatecitizensInquiriltcabMIt poalbleaubveniveactivities. NonecaaedasIIIUCb-*'" naUonastbecae01Majar KeyMeandtbeorpnization bedirected.tbeNatinnalIn- vestiptiollSe-miueean Mrial~(N1CAP). TheC.IAappeantobaw b8da~-'-In' NICAP.wbic:bwubaldedID 1"andutlliaedbyKeya-as lUIorpnIzatlanallOOlforcba1- JenalIIItbe......AIrForce cover-up01\O.F.O.s.Botbthe C.I.A.andtheAirForce_ .....byNICAP'sWidNana- ....~.ItspnstipIus buanI01dlnctanIncl1Ided, .-.odIers.ViceMm.ao.- ClIe1WIenlriDeUer,tbe11m C.IADIrecCor(11471.). "TheAIrForce~. t1wsbelieve&batIIIUCb01tbe troublewitbMajarICeyboe c:auldbealleviated:' statesaC.I.A._... Mey18.1_."IftbeMajordid nothaftsuchimponantper. _..asViceAdmlralR.H H11lenkoetter.U.S.N.(Ret.) 01\thebuanI"TheAir Forceauaeated&ballftbeAdo mirelwere..-..theSE- CRETpeDeireportbeJDiPl undersleIIdandtake"appro. priateac:tlans."Wbetberor nottbeAirForceJOltbnIu&b totheadmiral.HlI....... .......fnllllNICAPIn1111. The...sawIurt1IerC.I..\. .........IDNlCAP.Aftera CIIIIlaCtedN1CAPabout..... tame01itscuefiles01\the !llalter.IUc:harcIH. Hall,tben NICAPassistantdirector. c:battedwitbaC.IAapatID theNlCAPoIficeaboutthe siIbtinP,NICAP'smetbcJd. andHall'sbacqnund. Theapnt'smemo01\thevisit suaests&battheC.I.A.b8d someroleinmindforHall. predicatecluponIlisbeiDa ......tedaMCllrity~. Notbin&apparentlycameof thesuaesUon.Aliter..or lkNcwYonT......... C.I.A.paper :wcalsanInter. e5tin NICA.:;.Orpnlzat l structureariiI'notealIIat"this groupincluded_u.c.I.A. andDefenseImellla-types whoadviHonInveatiptiVe teebniquaandNICAP-Gov- emmantrelations."Thereare presentlythreeformerC.I.A. empl~011theNICAP boardofcllrectors,Incluclln& Char"~bard,aClIIlIra- s laidetos.natorBarry Goldwater,who Isblmselfa NICAPboardmember;and retiredU.S.AirForceCol.Jo- sephBl)'anIII.Bryanfeels,as hedidbackin19S8wbel!hal joinedtheboard,lIIatU.F.O"s areimerplanelal)'.NICAP's CUITeIItpresidentIsAlanHall, aformerC.I.A.covert_ p&oyeefor30years. In1166.mountlnlcn-tent frommembersofthepress.' eona....andthescientific communitycompelledtheAir Forcetocommisaionan18- momlIscientificstudyof U.F.O.'sWIderthecllrectionof EdwardU.Condon.prot_r ofphysicsattheUniversityof Colorado.Thepoliticallyex- pecIIentstudy.inwtaIch_ thirdoftheIIcuesexamined remainedunidentified,reiter atedofficialpolicywithone _Itwist:U.F.O"."educa- t lIybanned"scMolc:IIiJ. cIreIlwbo.....allowedto.. scie.-SlIIdylimetoned blIoksandmapzineartie'- aboutU.F.O.~.Condon wamecltHChentowithhold creditfromanystudent U.F.O.project.TheAirForce tookthecueanddisbanded project"BluelIolik"inI L8SthanadecadeIater,tlle White"-,perhapsInanat tempttomakepodJimmy caner'.-..tanpromiseto tellallalloutU.F.O....SlI&- pstedviaadvisor FrankPawslIIatl*SlbIy NASAc:uuIcIlIIldenakea.... vl_ofanys1anificanlnew findi....sinceCondon'.study. NASAexaminedtileoffer.but saw nowaytoattacktilepr. lemon asc\eIIIlficbuIswi&ll- autphysicalevidence.They envisionecl apublic-relations nJahUnareIftheyweretoac- ceptsuchaproject,andso.... jectedIt.Afrank,in-houle evaluationofNASA'soptions, --..,nacedlIIatabands- oflattitudeOIIlybe&&edthe ~.Soinpodspirit.the speceaaencyofferedtoexam ineanypieceofphysicalevl- dencebrvulhttoitsaUention. 1blItpositionledoneFederal aviationofficialtocomment: "IIyauletapieceofthethinl, fine. ButcIon'tbotbermewith aaythin&eIse.. ' n-clays.theAirForce admitstonothinlmorethana "transitoryInterest"intile ~,althou'"mill- larydirectivessliDexIs1"..,. reportinlU.F.O.'s.\"0..: TheC.t.A.isstill_ryof'GIe possibility thatU.F.O.'s.may be ofSovietorieID."Theqen. cy'.interest."saysKatherine Pherson.apublie-affalrsoffi. cerfortbeC.I.A.."liesin Its responsibilitytoforewarn principallyofthepossIbllity thataforeiplpowermlptde- velopa-weaponsSJSlem thatmightexhibitphellenena thatsomemightcale&Of'izeas aU.F.O.ButthereIsnopr0- gramtoactivelycollec:tinfor maUon onU.F.O",'"The agency'sintereslcannot~ denied.however,astwolI76 Thefirst.datedApril26. states:"Itdoesnotseemtbat theGovernmenthasanyfor malprograminprogressfor theidentification/solutionof theU.F.O.phenonmm.Dr. [namedeleted]feelslIIatthf! effortsofIndependent.... searchers.[phrasedeleted).' arevitalforfurtherJII"CICRlIS: inthisarea.AtthepresentI' time,thereareofficesandper _Iwithintileapncywho aremonitorinatheU.F.O. phenomena.butspin,thisis notCUITeIIllyonanofficial Anothermemo.datedJuly 14.androutedtothedeputy chiefIntheOffac:eofDeeloj)- mentandEDaineerinl,~: "Asyaumayrecall,I men,